Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience. — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
We're nature. Our minds are nature. Our desire to make poetry is nature. — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Poe's saying that a long poem is a sequence of short ones is perfectly just. — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
To say a poem is absolute is saying nothing, because an ink blot can be absolute. Yet you put into it what… — Nicholas Mosley Copy Share Image
“Poet Mary Oliver wrote, “This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know: that the soul exists, and that it is… — Wendy Strgar Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life, I understood the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Be so filled with inner glorious moonlight to forbid bullshit and drama sneaking in the back door. Keep the poison out, and… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“I have more wisdom than any books ever written in history of times, any scripture ever written which you rhyme but this… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
You puff the poets of other days, The living you deplore. Spare me the accolade: your praise Is not worth dying for. — Martial Copy Share Image
Your life is full of shit, No one takes care of you not by a bit. Finally go and open your eyes,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“WHAT KIND OF TIMES ARE THESE There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill and the old… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I haven't seen any poet in this country behave nearly as rudely as Newt Gingrich or Bill O'Reilly. I'm not asking these… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
“i've been reading whitman, you know what he says, cheer up slaves, and horrify foreign despots, he means that's the attitude for… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“Death was everywhere. Death was everything. Career. Desire. Dream. Poetry. Love. Youth itself. Dying became just another way of living. Graveyards sprang… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“A few cold words on yonder stone, A corpse as cold as they can be - Vain words, and mouldering dust, alone… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
